Whole Wheat Flax Pita Bread

 

I love pita bread.

I buy it every 2 weeks and fill it with all kinds of concoctions, my favorite being almond butter mixed with greek yogurt and honey, topped with half a banana. SO GOOD.

Any who, I went to go pick up my favorite heart-healthy flax and oat pita, but the store didn't have any!!! I was so upset. I looked and looked, and asked, and they looked, no luck.
So I figured, this just mean it's time to make my own.

I have several pita recipes booked marked, and most of them are the same, and pretty simple:  Flour, salt, yeast, and oil with maybe some sugar. 

I pulled up three of my favorite recipes (with pictures of course) and started to bake away.

Of course I used my bread machine to do the mixing, and of course I wanted to make my own recipe so I adjusted a few things, but they worked, poofed a little--I think its because I used a stone ground whole wheat--harder to break down--, and are ready to devoured.

Ingredients: 
3 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp active yeast or rapid rise yeast
1 tsp honey
1 tbs coconut oil
2 tbs flax seed, ground
1 1/4 cup water, divided

Directions:
bread machine, dough cycle. add water if dough is not sticking together after 4 min or so.


preheat 450 F.  with pan in the oven.
pull out onto floured surface. separate into 8 balls.
roll out into thin disks.


Flip disks on pan and bake for 3 min until poofed

place and cover with a clean towel and while you cook the rest.

You may have to gently cut into the pockets if not all parts poofed up.

ENJOY!!!


 P.S. These will last about 3-5 days in THE FRIDGE and about 2 months in the freezer. DON'T LEAVE THEM OUT, they mold quickly...I learned that the hard way.

 

Roasted Chickpeas

Sometimes we just need a little crunch in our life. 

Don't go for the chips.

 Go for the Chickpeas. 

Your body will thank you later. 

They can be made sweet, spicy, salty...pretty much anyway that you can concoct in your mind and toss in a bowl with them you can have. 

So make em'!

Ingredients 

• 1 can Chickpeas (Garbanzo beans)
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp ground mustard 

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Rinse Chickpeas in a colander, and then dry VERY WELL. (they will turn mushy if not)
Mix spices and olive oil in a small bowl. 
Add chickpeas into mixture and toss well. 
Lay on a baking sheet and place in oven. bake for 30 min or until crunchy. After the first 20 min or so shake pan to make sure they don't burn. Repeat as you see fit. 
   

ENJOY your very healthy protein enriched snack!

Nutrition Information:

 Makes about 5 severing. Serving size 1/4 cup.

100 cal* 14 carb* 0 sat fat* 4g protein* 4 fiber